At a time when global maritime and rail transport are struggling with growing geopolitical instability, the United States and the People’s Republic of China have announced a groundbreaking agreement to suspend port fees for vessels linked to the other party for one...
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The Northern Sea Route: A Passage of Promise or a Corridor of Cold Geopolitics?
The 40% Shortcut That Isn’t: Why the Northern Sea Route Remains a Strategic, Not Global, Trade Corridor Even though the route from Asia to Europe can be shortened by as much as 40%, the Northern Sea Route has not become a global trade highway. Instead, this Arctic...
ZPMC automated empty container storage facility – a new era in intermodal logistics
In recent years, the global intermodal transport market has been undergoing a dynamic transformation, driven mainly by the automation of logistics processes. Growing transport volumes, pressure for efficiency and a shortage of skilled labour in ports are prompting...
India Surpasses the U.S. and Russia: Indian Railways Becomes the World’s Second-Largest Freight Carrier
In the fiscal year 2024–2025, Indian Railways transported a record 1.617 billion tonnes of freight, making it, according to official data from the Ministry of Railways, the second-largest rail freight carrier in the world, just behind China. This achievement means...
The Port of Melbourne Announces Global Port Partnership to Develop a Green Shipping Corridor
The Port of Melbourne has announced that it has joined forces with the world’s largest container port to establish a green shipping corridor between the two locations. The agreement between the Port of Melbourne and the Port of Shanghai was formalised during the 2025...
“A Second Life for Refrigerated Containers – Carrier Revolutionizes Fleet Management”
Amid rising energy costs, environmental pressures, and the demands of global trade, extending the lifespan of refrigerated containers has become a key challenge for fleet operators. Carrier Transicold responds to these needs by introducing innovative modernization...
The First Container Ship to Sail Through the Arctic Arrives in Gdańsk — What Does It Mean for Shipping, the Port, and the Climate?
The First Container Ship in History Reaches Gdańsk via the Arctic Sea Route A container ship has entered the Port of Gdańsk for the first time in history after traveling the Arctic sea route from Asia to Europe. This voyage may mark the beginning of a new era in...
Baltic Hub has handled 25 million TEUs.
On October 10, 2025, the Baltic Hub container terminal in Gdańsk handled its 25 millionth TEU since the beginning of its operations. This is a symbolic moment in the history of Poland’s largest maritime container terminal and one of the most important transshipment...
Intermodal Transport in the First Half of 2025
In the first half of 2025, the share of intermodal transport in total rail freight reached 16.6% by transport performance and nearly 12.8% by weight. The growth in the sector’s share in rail freight was also influenced by a decline in the transport of other cargo...
A terminal equipped with the Modalohr system has been launched in the French port of Sète.
In the Mediterranean port of Sète (France), a terminal equipped with the Modalohr system for horizontal loading and unloading of truck trailers has been put into operation. The terminal has a capacity of up to 40,000 units per year, which will make it possible,...
The crisis in intermodal transport is becoming a reality.
Declining volumes, rising costs, infrastructure challenges, and decreasing competitiveness compared to road transport — this is the current reality of European intermodal transport. After years of dynamic growth, this key logistics segment has reached a turning point....
The central transport corridor will become more competitive
As part of Transport Week, which began on 30 September 2025 in Almaty (Kazakhstan), the heads of the railways of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) line, which is...











